Injuries of the both menisci and complete ACL tear is quite common. In the literature, functional outcome in these patients is often variable and less than satisfactory. We studied the functional outcome of this group of patients (retrospective study of prospectively followed case series). All patients who were diagnosed with ACL injury by arthroscopy at an tertiary hospital in southern India between January2013 and june2017 were enrolled in the study. From the total of 189 consecutive patients who had ACL tears with either one meniscus or both meniscus tear, 41 patients had injuries of both menisci of the same knee with ACL tear. 6 patients were lost to follow up. All patients underwent repair/balancing of one/both meniscus and reconstruction of ACL. There were 29 males and 6 females with age ranging from 18 – 60yrs (mean 25.2) years available for final analysis.BACKGROUND
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